The St. Johns herald., 1887-06-16
[ MARRIED MEN OF LETTER, 1.

LSyes of ssrae Great Anths S. ro.ts As
 trouomsrs, Preachers, Travellers, Ete.
 Some Of the names in our i:st 6: Tnea o: le::ers who married are not tisn-e of authors who ce2endei O. de3e c--f,.E some Of them are still h,ilg-on their writings for subs -siepce, b.. a a-.T gil depend or their writings :oE the.r Te,tl- IGtion.
 As all of those men were hrsha.:.ls. and most of them fathers, such list may serve to show that husbands Rnl fathers need Tot despair If sctIiey;a, Teputat!ons as author. though. il i.- srSture. as In other pursuits. . Eca1 gen. erAlly secures EoEc measure of 5uccess bsforc he Elarries.
 ThIs. howe,e or, is far from being d. ways tho case. St. Augustine was a father. if not 6 husband, before he Has Gs.i,it or author.
 The married poets, 1t will Dc noticed, are numerous. Few of the be { ara missing. This Is exactly as might le expected. The genuine poet Is above all things alJvsr.
 I; some eminent poets are missing from our list. which. by the way. does I.ot IF .tead to be exhaustive. iy would Do rash to accuse them of inscnslbility to :he f>ssinaiions of the fair, for by inc missing name there usually hangs Q sad tale o!disappointed love.
 Camoens. for example. wa twice ban tsaed because of his pass.on for one of thc Queens ladies" at the Court Of Lisbon. and, although his love wgs . turned, the fates were sc unk!nd that she died before he could claim her.
 The number of travellers, or rethCE authors of books of travel. is coInpara- lively small. and this, again. 1, exactly as ni!gi.. have been expected. IL is not the husband and the father who affects I5E- a-a go!Hg to and fro CLon tte eartt!.
 lt would take volume 10 notice all the interesting facts about s2 hc.S Gi:d their wives. Here are few:
 Os Tycko Br;,he we read ti;at, "belES c great adm!rer Of the fair sex no COZ eeived violent inclination for C.! riStira. . beautiful country girl, the s:sIghI=r 9t c EeighDoring peasant, and aii ntts.l his family till the King commanded them To 6a seconcilel to him. TychO, who chose Ter because she might bo more grateful a:.d subservient than \ lady c! higher birth. never seems to Lave TO- pented, ut ever found his Christina an .aPTeestle compsnion and az IbcA!e..t w..r."
 Ke. ie-, oh the other hA' |. found tl.at. |" thG iIarriod state at first crrated h!ra great gheesiness from a dispute SAt b arose about his wites fortune"
 Jcl:n kLox, in spite Of his Blast of tao Trumpet Against the MonstrCus Regiment of Women,' married two If taenl. and lia children by both.
 Sir John Maudeyille religioUsly de clinoi sn honorable alliance 10 the Sultan of Egypt, whose daughter he rIiSht have espoused If he woulG Lave hhjurcd Christianity"
 Burton, es fnr as wo have te II able to learn. MAS never marlcd. This again is as we expected. The Ana tony of Melancholy is not the kind of book ;hai anybody but loLely bSche- l..r would think Of writing.
 Young, author of Night Thoughts, married S lady with money. and so did Ur. Johnson.
 CrudeI, the author of tas CORcort!- an, e." tried to do the same, ad- dressci numerous pamph cts 'o tl,e object of his choice. but sho remained cbdurate in spite of these and other ex traordinary means of wo inS.-lPaI Mall Gazette.